February 1, 2017 Columns by Tamara Sellman Living with Uncertainty is an MS Superpower Recent weeks have been filled with enough political drama to last a lifetime. Wherever I go virtually (and now, even in “real life”), ideological division has been amplified to the extreme. Except … when I go to the multiple sclerosis online forum I co-administrate. Meet the people in my neighborhood The…
January 25, 2017 Columns by Tamara Sellman MS in the Information Age, Part 2: Healthy Skepticism This is second in a 2-part series. You can find Part 1 here. Being proactive about your MS means staying up-to-date on current theories, treatments, products, and strategies. It’s safe to say that most people will turn to the internet at least a few times to look up…
January 18, 2017 Columns by Tamara Sellman MS in the Information Age, Part 1: Be Discerning Serving as co-administrator for a large MS forum has shown me that, while we live in a world of easy access to information, we may not always be prepared to understand and interpret it. While I’m not a medical doctor, I do work in the healthcare field and have…
January 5, 2017 Columns by Tamara Sellman Forget About Resolutions and Remember to Focus I’m already tired of hearing about New Year’s resolutions. If you’re like me, you find that for those who spend their social media time listing goals in earnest, there’s a smidgen of luxury to their actions. After all, most of these goal-making champions are not chronically ill. They don’t have to think…